Meet the 2024 Cohort
Our inaugural cohort. These Fellows started the magic of The Summer Studio. Check them out!
Shontá
Shontá was a fundamental part of The Summer Studio 2024 as an Experience Designer, helping bring our vision to life with creativity, precision, and heart. While not a Design Fellow herself, we felt we had to share her brilliance!
As a Senior UX Researcher and Strategist, she blends deep user insight with strategic problem-solving. Not only is she an exceptional designer, but she’s also incredibly organized and an absolute joy to work with—an invaluable combination.
Read Shontá’s story here
Isabel
Isabel is a brilliant designer who brings together the precision of a researcher, a deep knowledge of healthcare, and a sharp design intuition to create a powerful, purpose-driven practice.
She’s currently an Innovation Associate at MD Anderson Cancer Center and a proud graduate of the M.A. in Design focused on Health at The University of Texas at Austin.
What makes working with Isabel such a joy is her deep curiosity—not just about how to design better, but about why we do what we do. Her thoughtful questions invite reflection and help surface the often-unspoken ideas behind our work.
Hayley
Hayley is Senior Product Designer at WP Engine and she brought a wealth of experience to our team.
One of the things we admired most about Hayley is how deeply she thinks about her design work. When she shares her thoughts during a team discussion it’s a show-stopper of insight and creativity! It’s important to have a range of creative personalities on a design team, and Hayley is someone we’d want on every team.
Ryan
Ryan is a Senior UX Designer at CNH. The leadership team at CNH told us they were investing in Ryan because of his ability to build trusting relationships and his growth orientation (among other strengths). Boy were they right! Ryan is curious, ambitious, and thorough. Also: he can sketch like nobody’s business - a skill we took full advantage of during our 5-day project sprint!
Amanda
Amanda is now a Senior UX Visual Designer at CNH. She has that Design Midas Touch we all envy - everything she works on seems instantaneously beautiful and clear. In addition to contributing to (seriously) every aspect of The Summer Studio 2024 client work, she is a generous and patient teammate and a natural public speaker. The leadership at CNH knew that she was a perfect candidate for our unique professional development experience. Amanda is one to watch!
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May 11-15, 2026